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CR demographers doing research [#permalink] New post 13 Mar 2008, 10:02
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Demographers doing research for an international economics newsletter claim that the average per capita income in the country of Kuptala is substantially lower than that in the country of Bahlton. They also claim, however, that whereas poverty is relatively rare in Kuptala, over half the population of Bahlton lives in extreme poverty. At least one of the demographers’ claims must, therefore, be wrong.
The argument above is most vulnerable to which of the following criticisms?
(A) It rejects an empirical claim about the average per capita incomes in the two countries without making any attempt to discredit that claim by offering additional economic evidence.
(B) It treats the vague term “poverty” as though it had a precise and universally accepted meaning.
(C) It overlooks the possibility that the number of people in the two countries who live in poverty could be the same even though the percentages of the two populations that live in poverty differ markedly.
(D) It fails to show that wealth and poverty have the same social significance in Kuptala as in Bahlton.
(E) It does not consider the possibility that incomes in Kuptala, unlike those in Bahlton, might all be very close to the country’s average per capita income.
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Re: CR demographers doing research [#permalink] New post 13 Mar 2008, 10:45
E

[AI] of [K] - the average per capita income in the country of Kuptala:
[AI] of [B] - the average per capita income in the country of Bahlton:

[P] of [K] - % people living in poverty in the country of Kuptala:
[P] of [B] - % people living in poverty in the country of Bahlton:

1st claim: [AI] of [K] << [AI] of [B]
2st claim: [P] of [K] ~ 0, [P] of [B] = 50%

The explanation of these visible disparity destroy conclusion: "one of the claims must be wrong"

Only E fully explains that: "It does not consider the possibility that incomes in Kuptala, unlike those in Bahlton, might all be very close to the country’s average per capita"
In other words, there are a few billionaires in Bahlton
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Re: CR demographers doing research [#permalink] New post 13 Mar 2008, 12:36
I chose E also. Statement E says that the incomes in Kaptula could be close to the median, and the per capita incomes in Bahlton are more disbursed with lower lows and higher highs.
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Re: CR demographers doing research [#permalink] New post 13 Mar 2008, 13:21
thanks. the OA is E by the way
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Re: CR demographers doing research [#permalink] New post 04 Aug 2011, 06:53
Good question.
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Re: CR demographers doing research [#permalink] New post 04 Aug 2011, 16:29
+1 E
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